From August 31 to September 5, the XXVII Annual Session of the Latin American Tax Law Institute (Spanish: Jornadas Latinoamericanas de Derecho Tributario) took place at the JW Marriot Hotel, in the city of Lima, Peru, organized by the Latin American Tax Law Institute (ILADT).

The two main topics of the Conference were: Fiscal Responsibility and Anti-Abuse Clauses in the context of Double Taxation Conventions. Seminars and other academic activities were also held on tax accounting law, general anti-avoidance provisions, exchange of information, bilateral models of agreements to avoid double taxation, international tax transparency and taxation of natural resources.

Miguel Pecho Trigueros, CIAT Director of Tax Studies and Research, presented in the panel on information exchange the recent developments and challenges of the Latin America countries to apply the new standard for automatic exchange of financial information promoted by the G-20 countries.

See: Information of the XXVII Annual Session of the Latin American Tax Law Institute.

From left to right: Luis Martínez Giner (Spain), Miguel Pecho Trigueros (CIAT), Peter Byrne, Juan Carlos Zegarra Vílchez (Peru) and Rodrigo Muñoz Serafín (Mexico).